De dor de Eminescu.Every year at 15 january is the celebration of the day of birth of national poet Mihai Eminescu. At the same time, starting with january, 15, 2011 it is celebrated , also, the National Day of Culture.

"Mihai Eminescu* (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhai emiˈnesku]; born Mihail Eminovici; 15 January 1850 – 15 June 1889) was a Romantic poet, novelist and journalist, often regarded as the most famous and influential Romanian poet. Eminescu was an active member of the Junimea literary society and worked as an editor for the newspaper Timpul ("The Time"), the official newspaper of the Conservative Party (1880–1918). His poetry was first published when he was 16 and he went to Vienna to study when he was 19. The poet's Manuscripts, containing 46 volumes and approximately 14,000 pages, were offered by Titu Maiorescu as a gift to the Romanian Academy during the meeting that was held on 25 January 1902. Notable works include Luceafărul (The Vesper/The Evening Star/The Lucifer/The Daystar), Odă în metru antic (Ode in Ancient Meter), and the five Letters (Epistles/Satires). In his poems he frequently used metaphysical, mythological and historical subjects." "Nicolae Iorga, the Romanian historian, considers Eminescu the godfather of the modern Romanian language.[citation needed] He is unanimously celebrated as the greatest and most representative Romanian poet." * Click to read more info about Eminescu on Wikipedia.

"Eminescu was only 20 when Titu Maiorescu, the top literary critic in 1870 Romania dubbed him "a real poet", in an essay where only a handful of the Romanian poets of the time were spared Maiorescu's harsh criticism. In the following decade, Eminescu's notability as a poet grew continually thanks to (1) the way he managed to enrich the literary language with words and phrases from all Romanian regions, from old texts, and with new words that he coined from his wide philosophical readings; (2) the use of bold metaphors, much too rare in earlier Romanian poetry; (3) last but not least, he was arguably the first Romanian writer who published in all Romanian provinces and was constantly interested in the problems of Romanians everywhere. He defined himself as a Romantic, in a poem addressed To My Critics (Criticilor mei), and this designation, his untimely death as well as his bohemian lifestyle (he never pursued a degree, a position, a wife or fortune) had him associated with the Romantic figure of the genius. As early as the late 1880s, Eminescu had a group of faithful followers. His 1883 poem Luceafărul was so notable that a new literary review took its name after it.The most realistic psychological analysis of Eminescu was written by I. L. Caragiale, who, after the poet's death published three short care articles on this subject: In Nirvana, Irony and Two notes. Caragiale stated that Eminescu's characteristic feature was the fact that "he had an excessively unique nature". Eminescu's life was a continuous oscillation between introvert and extrovert attitudes."That's how I knew him back then, and that is how he remained until his last moments of well-being: cheerful and sad; sociable and crabbed; gentle and abrupt; he was thankful for everything and unhappy about some things; here he was as abstemious as a hermit, there he was ambitious to the pleasures of life; sometimes he ran away from people and then he looked for them; he was carefree as a Stoic and choleric as an edgy girl. Strange medley! – happy for an artist, unhappy for a man!" **Sursa/source: Click to read more info on Wikipedia; About Eminescu/ Romanian Culture"Deşi a ajuns jurnalist printr-un concurs de împrejurări, Eminescu nu a practicat jurnalismul ca pe o meserie oarecare din care să-şi câştige pur şi simplu existenţa. Articolele pe care le scria au constituit o ocazie de a face cititorilor educaţie politică, aşa cum îşi propusese.„Părerea mea individuală, în care nu oblig pe nimeni de-a crede, e că politica ce se face azi în România şi dintr-o parte şi dintr-alta e o politică necoaptă, căci pentru adevărata şi deplina înţelegere a instituţiilor noastre de azi ne trebuie o generaţiune ce-avem de-a o creşte de-acu-nainte. Eu las lumea ca să meargă cum îi place dumisale – misiunea oamenilor ce vor din adâncul lor binele ţării e creşterea morală a generaţiunii tinere şi a generaţiunii ce va veni. Nu caut adepţi la ideea cea întâi, dar la cea de a doua sufletul meu ţine ca la el însuşi." **Sursa/source: Wikipedia: Activitatea de jurnalist politic

I enjoy travelling and documenting to find out new & old things, to see world and people with one drop of positive attitude... from a huge sense of wonder... But before all, it was William Blake who beautifully said it:
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour. (...)
Fragments from "Auguries of Innocence".
Also, "It’s never too late (...) to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same; there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again." excerpt by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Indeed, there is a large part of post (with excerpts or citations from the media) in romanian. In this case, it can be used the translate button, "powered by google translate", that is posted on the right side of the blog.But I'll try my best in the next posts; sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you so much, Sallie!

What a fabulous celebration...I loved learning about it. Here Jan. 15th marks Martin Luther King Jr's birthday who championed civil rights for African Americans in the 1960s before he was assassinated in 1968.

Hello Alexa. I always use the translation button if I need to, but you do a wonderful job of adding the english text to your posts. This was an interesting post to read along with enjoying the photo.. Thank you.. Michelle

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November. "It looks that autumn looks like life itself"...

Life seen as a fascinated season. Autumn portrait of November.

Autumn as a lied

"The autumn has passed Over the silent park". From the poem Lied by Al. O. Teodoreanu

September Evening

Motto: ..."Oh, you friends, poetry is not a tear/ it is the weeping itself / the weeping of an uninvented eye / the tear of the eye of the one who must be beautiful / of the one who must be happy. " From the poem "Poetry" by Nichita Stănescu

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." by John Muir

Spring flight. Zbor de primăvară.

Motto: "The power of imagination makes us infinite." by John Muir

"For once touched by love, everyone becomes a poet." Quote by Plato

Lotus and water lilies blossoms

Be joyful, amazing and never give up to smile! Stunning things are all over!

Stay positive, today, tomorrow and always! Rămâi pozitiv, astăzi, mâine și întotdeauna! So, very thankful, each and every day, to be inspired... All is well...

Motto: "Zi gong (a disciple of Confucius) asked: "Is there any one word that could guide a person throughout life?" The Master replied: "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?" Confucious, Analects XV.24

An 'architectonic view'. Another walk from Spring (II)

Motto: "Just as things in a picture, when viewed from a distance, appear to be all in one and the same condition and alike." "Neither family, nor privilege, nor wealth, nor anything but Love can light that beacon which a man must steer by when he sets out to live the better life." Plato

An 'architectonic view'. Another walk in Spring. (I)

Motto: "Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything." "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation." Plato

Springtime in April

A Spring sequence. "I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health." "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." Voltaire

Sakura in April

"A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called sakura after the Japanese (桜 or 櫻; さくら)." "The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short." Source Internet/Wikipedia

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"Names and etymology"* "The Latin name Dānuvius is one of a number of "Old European" river names derived from a Proto-Indo-European *dānu. Other river names from the same root include the Don, Donets, Dzvina/Duna, Dysna, Dnieper and Dniestr. (...) "The Latin name is masculine (as is the name of the Rhine). German Donau (Early Modern German Donaw, Tonaw, Middle High German Tuonowe) is feminine, as it has been re-interpreted as containing the suffix -ouwe "wetland". The modern languages spoken in the Danube basin all use names derived from Dānuvius: German: Donau ([ˈdoːnaʊ̯]; Bavarian: Doana; Yiddish: Duney דוניי‎ [dʊnɛj]); Silesian: Důnaj; Upper Sorbian: Dunaj; Slovak: Dunaj ([ˈdunaj]); Hungarian: Duna ([ˈdunɒ]); Croatian: Dunav ([dǔnaʋ]; Serbian: Dunav / Дунав ([dǔnaʋ] or [dǔnaːʋ]); Romanian: Dunărea ([ˈdunəre̯a]); Romani: Dunaja ([ˈdunaja]); Bulgarian: Дунав Dunav ([ˈdunɐf]); Ukrainian: Дунай Dunai ([duˈnɑj])."Source Wikipedia

Soul journeys through memories.

From the September, 2015. End of summer or early in autumn. Roads to Herculane/Domogled National Park; De-a lungul Dunării. Along Danube.

Călătorie de suflet: Travel of "may"

MOtto:"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. (...) Fragments from "Auguries of Innocence" "To See a World..."by William Blake

2016. New Year's Resolution: Confidence!

"Confidence is not something that can be learned like a set of rules; confidence is a state of mind. Positive thinking, practice, training, knowledge and talking to other people are all useful ways to help improve or boost your confidence levels."

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Ziua Pământului/ Earth Day ... "Let's celebrate it in every day!"

"The Black Sea* is a sea in Southeastern Europe. It is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean Seas and various straits. The Bosphorus Strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the Strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean Sea region of the Mediterranean. These waters separate eastern Europe and western Asia. The Black Sea is also connected to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch." *click for more info on Wikipedia.

"Embroidery" in blue light at sunset ..."

"Simphony for... old trees, branches and leaves. Small part for fall colours and a final note in black and white wood..." "Memento: Play Con allegria..." "Scenary. Static nature."

..."Deep words … They are like the scent of a flower"...

"In the end, what we have is a conversation, a lifelong dialogue with life. It’s a conversation expressed not in words but in the immediacy of experience and the poetry of the one, single now. And that is exactly where the experience of sacredness lives."

A Walk of Spring along the lake. Plimbare primăvăratică de-a lungul lacului.

"I am alone amidst the trees at the lake’s edge, I live in friendship with the shore’s old firs and in secret understanding with all the young rowans. Alone I lie and wait, I have seen no one walk by. Great flowers look down on me from tall stems, bitter creepers climb in my embrace, I have a single name for everything, and that is love." "The Waiting Soul" from vol. "Poems" (1916), by Edith Södergran

Happenings & blooms... Intamplari & flori...

Earth Hour 2014 "I will look to this day only. I will participate to those experiences designed for my particular development." In "my beautiful world ... all is well!"

“Omagiu sarmalei ca la mama acasă”

"Sarma is a savory dish of grape, cabbage or chard leaves rolled around a filling usually based on minced meat, or a sweet dish of filo dough wrapped around a filling often of various kinds of chopped nuts. It is found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to the Balkans and Central Europe." ... click to read more: Despre Sarmale / Cabbage rolls filled with pork meat